Today in books that I was recommended by mentors that seem like they are chosen very specifically to call me out, another career book of trying to try and help me figure out how to specialize in my field and instead has seemed to push me over the edge toward trying to get my side hustles all order at last.
This is one of those books for people who are a little lost in the midst of an already established career, rather than one for someone looking to just start out. The main idea is that you should look through your entire history, focusing more on the history of things that you have done arguably as work and what satisfied you there, and then using that to try and find a common thread to help you focus on what you should do for your next steps.
The book does have a significant focus in the latter half on entrepreneurship and finding a path for yourself, either to pursue as a side hustle or to take the leap and do as your main thing, which was interesting. After What Colour is your Parachute, I was so primed for hearing about how to get into that dream job more so than discussing the idea of forging your own way. Which I am mostly for, but there is an uncomfortable amount of examples of coaching in there.
Or maybe I noticed those more because I have been seeing a truly bizarre number of ads for coaching and setting up coaching services lately.
Overall, interesting read! I did like how it tied back to How to be Everything, and it was a lot more designed for someone in my current stage of career uncertainty than some of the others than I have looked into. I don’t know if I appreciate just how much it seemed to be calling me specifically out, though…